The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
# The Prisoner of St. Petersburg

The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.

The film was the first Australian-West German co-production. It was shot over 22 days in Germany. David Stratton wrote that the film "appeared to be commercially doomed from the beginning".

## Cast

* Efrem Accurso as Italian truck driver
* Ifrim Bender as Russian man with coat
* Solveig Dommartin as Elena
* Johanna Karl-Lory as Old woman
* Lars Michalak as Russian man behind door
* Michael Obinja as Russian man on train
* Pat O'Connell as Singing Irish man
* Olivier Picot as Stefan
* René Schönenberger as Businessman
* Wieland Speck as Youth in bar
* Denis Staunton as Irish man
* Hans Martin Stier as Truck driver
* Noah Taylor as Jack
* Katja Teichmann as Johanna
* Ralph Wittgrebe as German drunk
* Christian Zertz as Lorenzo
